The project, says artist Liz Harvey, “draws on the past to navigate toward an uncertain but yet hopeful future.”
Stitching Nature Together
April 2, 2024 •
Botany
The study and science of plants.
Sex and Poison May Explain California Death Cap Invasion
February 1, 2024 •
Local mycologists suspect death caps—huge and abundant in the Bay Area—may be competing with chanterelles underground.
Winter 2024 Almanac: Manroots, Skinks, and Avocets
December 20, 2023 •
You didn’t imagine it. That was a tiny blue tail you saw wriggling through the damp leaves and brush. Illustrations by Jane Kim.
Bay Nature’s Hall of Botanical Horrors
October 26, 2023 •
For those who dare—meet the Bay Area’s spookiest plants (and two freaky fungi).
Naturalist’s Notebook: How Salt Marsh Plants Cope With All the Salt
October 17, 2023 •
Meet the Salt Marsh 3, a trio of marsh plants specially adapted to live in the brine.
A Jewel of the South Bay’s Serpentine Grasslands Is Now Protected (and Open to the Public)
September 21, 2023 •
The 1,800-acre Máyyan ‘Ooyákma–Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve is home to 13 endangered or threatened species. Volunteers played a major role in making it accessible to the public.
These Fabulous Flowers Are Spring’s Final Encore
May 17, 2023 •
When other plants start hunkering down, clarkias send up a dazzling array of purples and pinks.
How the DNA We Leave Behind Can Help Conservation
May 3, 2023 •
Bits of DNA linger on the forest floor, in the ocean, and even in the air—and these strands have stories to tell, back at the lab. Here’s how environmental DNA (aka ‘eDNA’) is starting to transform how ecologists work in the Bay Area and beyond.
Wildflower Lands Now Open in the East Bay Hills
March 22, 2023 •
Explore 20 miles of new trails and over 2,800 acres of serene hills and woodlands, now added to the East Bay’s Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.
The Bird Nest Detectives
March 22, 2023 •
Century-old bird nests help scientists time-travel to San Francisco Bay’s lost plant communities.